Why Christmas Day but not Ascension?

Christopher Idle  |  Your Views
Date posted:  1 Sep 2020
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Dear Editor,

Several of the Christian organisations, missions and churches which I support or belong to include in their regular mailing a Prayer Diary, with valuable topics and news for every day of the year.

On 21 May this year, almost none of them noted that this was Ascension Day; the main exception being the (Anglican) Prayer Book Society.

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